Author is a longtime and well-connected bookseller who opened Readers' Books in Sonoma in 1991A smartly plotted mystery, engaging characters, zippy dialogue, and plenty of humor from leading protagonist, a cross between Philip Marlowe and Larry David Jewish interest will appeal to strong Jewish literary market, which Prospect Park Books has connections in due to previous titles ( A Narrow Bridge , Washing the Dead )The vividly drawn Los Angeles setting, written by a resident who knows it, will appeal to residents and visitors.Author will attend Left Coast Crime in March 2019